Headlice

Question 1

What is the parasite in head lice?

Answer 1

Pediculus humanus capitis

Question 2

What is a nit?

Answer 2

Egg shells that have hatched or unviable embryos, not the lice themselves

Question 3

How are headlice spread?

Answer 3

Close contact with someone that has head lice

Head to head contact

Question 4

How does headlice present?

Answer 4

Itchy scalp

Question 5

How are headlice managed?

Answer 5

Dimeticone 4% lotion
Left for 8 hours overnight then washed off

Repeat one week later to kill any hatched lice since treatment

Fine combs to comb lice out of hair